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John Miller Baer (1886-1970) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Black Creek, Outagamie
County, Wis., March
29, 1886.
Civil
engineer; farmer; cartoonist;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated
(Non-Partisan League), 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Paul Jacob Bailey (1905-1994) —
also known as Paul J. Bailey —
of Leonardtown, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in Washington,
D.C., October
30, 1905.
Republican. Musician; lawyer;
farmer; theater
owner; member of Maryland
Republican State Central Committee, 1935-39; member of Maryland
state senate, 1946-67; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maryland, 1956.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died November
30, 1994 (age 89 years, 31
days).
Interment at All
Faith Episcopal Church Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Henry Bailey and Lillian (Alwine) Bailey; married to Verna
(Putnam) Virts. |
| | | Epitaph: "STATE SENationalOR,
CONSERVATOR, SERVANT AND FRIEND OF ST. MARY's CountyNTY AND
MARYLAND -- RETURN UNTO THY REstate, O MY SOUL, FOR THE LOrder
HATH DEALT BOUNTIFULLY WITH THEE." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Battell (1839-1915) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 15,
1839.
Republican. Author;
farmer; member of Vermont
state senate, 1876; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Middlebury, 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1915 (age 75 years, 223
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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Edward McMathers Beers (1877-1932) —
also known as Edward M. Beers —
of Mt. Union, Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Born in Nossville, Huntingdon
County, Pa., May 27,
1877.
Republican. Farmer; hotel
manager; director Grange Trust
Company, Huntingdon, Pa.; director, First National Bank, Mt.
Union, Pa.; mayor of Mt. Union, Pa., 1910-14; county judge in
Pennsylvania, 1914-23; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1923-32; died in
office 1932.
Methodist.
Died, of influenza,
in the Naval Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1932 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Interment at Mt.
Union Cemetery, Mt. Union, Pa.
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Robert Marion Berry (b. 1942) —
also known as Marion Berry —
of Gillett, Arkansas
County, Ark.
Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas
County, Ark., August
27, 1942.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1997-2011; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Blair (1786-1834) —
of South Carolina.
Born in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., September
26, 1786.
Democrat. Planter; sheriff;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1821-22, 1829-34 (9th
District 1821-22, 8th District 1829-34); resigned 1822; died in
office 1834; in 1832, he assaulted
newspaper editor Duff Green, breaking some bones, and fined
$350.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1834 (age 47 years, 187
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) —
of Prince
George County, Va.
Born in Cawsons, Prince
George County, Va., March
21, 1742.
Physician;
planter; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince
George County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office
1790.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1790 (age 48 years, 72
days).
Original interment at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling)
Bland; married 1768 to Martha
Dangerfield; nephew of Richard
Bland; uncle of John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; granduncle of Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker; first cousin once removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775), Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; second cousin once removed of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt, Francis
Beverley Biddle and Richard
Walker Bolling; second cousin five times removed of Henry
De La Warr Flood, Joel
West Flood and Earle
Cabell; third cousin of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817) and Meriwether
Lewis; third cousin once removed of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of George
Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben
Handy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed of William
Henry Robertson. |
| | | Political families: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland; Lee-Randolph
family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier (1797-1844) —
also known as Pierre E. J. B. Bossier —
of Louisiana.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., March
22, 1797.
Planter; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1833-43; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1843-44; died in
office 1844.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
24, 1844 (age 47 years, 33
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Catholic
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) —
also known as David K. E. Bruce —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Charlotte Court House, Charlotte
County, Va.; Elkridge, Howard
County, Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., February
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
farmer; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul in Rome, as of 1926; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
France, 1949-52; Germany, 1957-59; Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison to China, 1973-74.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1976.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in Georgetown University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., December
5, 1977 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frank Henry Buck (1887-1942) —
also known as Frank H. Buck —
of Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif.
Born near Vacaville, Solano
County, Calif., September
23, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
grower; director of oil and lumber
companies; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from California 3rd District, 1933-42; died in
office 1942.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Theta
Delta Chi.
Died, of "apoplexy" (stroke),
in Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1942 (age 54 years, 359
days).
Interment at Vacaville-Elmira
Cemetery, Vacaville, Calif.
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Milo DeWitt Campbell (1851-1923) —
also known as Milo D. Campbell —
of Coldwater, Branch
County, Mich.
Born in Quincy, Branch
County, Mich., October
25, 1851.
Farmer; lawyer; bank
director; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1885; mayor
of Coldwater, Mich., 1902-05; president, National Milk
Producers Association; member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
22, 1923 (age 71 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.
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Clarence Andrew Cannon (1879-1964) —
also known as Clarence Cannon —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.; Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo.
Born in Elsberry, Lincoln
County, Mo., April
11, 1879.
Democrat. College
professor; lawyer;
farmer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1923-64 (9th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 9th District 1935-64); died in office 1964;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
Parliamentarian, 1944,
1948.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 12,
1964 (age 85 years, 31
days).
Interment at Elsberry
City Cemetery, Elsberry, Mo.
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Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) —
also known as Victor Christgau —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
farmer; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated
(Independent), 1932.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in George Washington Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1991 (age 97 years, 20
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, St. Paul Park, Minn.
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Powell Clayton (1833-1914) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Bethel, Delaware
County, Pa., August
7, 1833.
Republican. Engineer;
surveyor;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; planter;
president and general manager, Eureka Springs Railway;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1868-71; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1871-77; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1872
(delegation chair), 1876,
1880,
1884,
1888,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1908,
1912;
member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1872-74, 1896-1912; U.S.
Minister to Mexico, 1897-98; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1898-1905.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
25, 1914 (age 81 years, 18
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) —
also known as Alfred H. Colquitt —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Monroe, Walton
County, Ga., April
20, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member of
Georgia state legislature, 1859; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868;
received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1872;
Governor
of Georgia, 1877-82; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 1894 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Edward H. Cunningham (1869-1930) —
of Newell, Buena
Vista County, Iowa.
Born in Burlington, Racine
County, Wis., December
14, 1869.
Republican. Farmer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1909-14; Speaker of
the Iowa State House of Representatives, 1913-14; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1916;
member, Federal Reserve Board, 1923-30.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., November
28, 1930 (age 60 years, 349
days).
Interment at Newell Cemetery, Newell, Iowa.
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Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) —
also known as Chester B. Darrall —
of Brashear (now Morgan City), St. Mary
Parish, La.; Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Addison, Somerset
County, Pa., June 24,
1842.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant;
planter; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1908 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
17, 1798.
Planter; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1834; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rd
District 1843-45); died in office 1845; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1843.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La., June 26,
1845 (age 47 years, 101
days).
Interment at Grace
Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Gaillard (1765-1826) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., September
5, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Stephen,
1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Stephen, 1796-1804; resigned 1804;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1826 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Peterson Goodwyn (1745-1818) —
of Petersburg,
Va.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., 1745.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1789-1802; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1803-18 (at-large 1803-07, 18th
District 1807-15, 19th District 1815-18); died in office 1818.
Died in Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
21, 1818 (age about 72
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harry Wilbur Griswold (1886-1939) —
also known as Harry W. Griswold —
of West Salem, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born near West Salem, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 19,
1886.
Republican. Farmer; member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1939; died in office
1939.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 4,
1939 (age 53 years, 46
days).
Interment at Hamilton
Cemetery, West Salem, Wis.
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Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire, England,
March
3, 1735.
Planter; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777; Governor of
Georgia, 1777.
Mortally
wounded in a duel with
Lachlan
McIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, near
Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., May 19,
1777 (age 42 years, 77
days).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) —
also known as "The Signer" —
of Charles
City County, Va.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., April 5,
1726.
Planter; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1749-75; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81; Governor of
Virginia, 1781-84; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charles
City County, 1788.
Died in Charles
City County, Va., April
24, 1791 (age 65 years, 19
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Plantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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William Patton Kent (1857-1936) —
also known as William P. Kent —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.; Staunton,
Va.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., March 8,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul
General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, from pneumonia,
in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1936 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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Asbury Churchwell Latimer (1851-1908) —
also known as Asbury C. Latimer —
of Belton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born near Lowndesville, Abbeville
County, S.C., July 31,
1851.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Anderson County Democratic Party, 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., February
20, 1908 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment at Belton
Cemetery, Belton, S.C.
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Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) —
of Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., January
20, 1732.
Democrat. Planter; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.
Slaveowner.
Died in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 19,
1794 (age 62 years, 150
days).
Interment at Burnt
House Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;
memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Leonidas Felix Livingston (1832-1912) —
also known as Leonidas F. Livingston —
of King's, Newton
County, Ga.; Covington, Newton
County, Ga.
Born near Covington, Newton
County, Ga., April 3,
1832.
Democrat. Farmer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1876; member of Georgia
state senate, 1882; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1891-1911.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
11, 1912 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Bethany
Church Cemetery, Near Covington, Newton County, Ga.
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William Jones Lowndes (1782-1822) —
also known as William Lowndes —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, February
11, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1806-08; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1811-22 (4th District
1811-13, 2nd District 1813-22).
Slaveowner.
Died aboard a
ship in the North
Atlantic Ocean while en route to England, October
27, 1822 (age 40 years, 258
days).
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) —
of Clarendon District (now Clarendon
County), S.C.
Born near Sumter, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., May 1,
1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
planter; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1822-25;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1824-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District
1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 1,
1836 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) —
also known as Emmett M. Owen —
of Zebulon, Pike
County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga.
Born near Hollonville, Pike
County, Ga., October
19, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; fruit
farmer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office
1939.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1939 (age 61 years, 245
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
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William Owen (b. 1852) —
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
23, 1852.
Coffee
planter; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Guatemala City, 1904-14.
Burial location unknown.
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William Paca (1740-1799) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Abingdon, Baltimore County (now Harford
County), Md., October
31, 1740.
Lawyer;
planter; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-80; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland
state senate, 1777-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1782-85; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1789-99; died in office 1799.
Anglican.
English
and Italian
ancestry.
Died in Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
23, 1799 (age 58 years, 357
days).
Interment at Wye Plantation, Queenstown, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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James Southworth Parker (1867-1933) —
also known as James S. Parker —
of Salem, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 3,
1867.
Republican. Farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1904-05, 1908-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1904,
1908,
1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1910, 1927-32; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1913-33; died in
office 1933.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
19, 1933 (age 66 years, 199
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Salem, N.Y.
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Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) —
also known as Claude V. Parsons —
of Golconda, Pope
County, Ill.
Born near McCormick, Pope
County, Ill., October
7, 1895.
Democrat. Farmer; superintendent
of schools; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated,
1940.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 45 years, 228
days).
Interment at Zion
Church Cemetery, Near Ozark, Johnson County, Ill.
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Alexander Gordon Penn (1799-1866) —
also known as Alexander G. Penn —
of near Covington, St.
Tammany Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Patrick
County, Va., May 10,
1799.
Democrat. Planter; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1844,
1852,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1850-53; lumber mill
owner.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 7,
1866 (age 66 years, 362
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar
planter; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Tony Salazar (b. 1953) —
also known as John T. Salazar —
of Manassa, Conejos
County, Colo.
Born in Alamosa, Alamosa
County, Colo., July 21,
1953.
Democrat. Farmer; rancher; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 2003-04; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 2005-11; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) —
also known as Henry W. Seymour —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 21,
1834.
Lawyer;
farmer; lumber
manufacturer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Cheboygan District, 1881-82;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1883-84, 1887-88 (31st District 1883-84, 30th
District 1887-88); resigned 1888; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1888-89; defeated
(Democratic), 1896.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1906 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Lakeview
Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Seymour and Nancy (Pixley) Seymour; married, October
27, 1869, to Isabel Randell; married, June 30,
1875, to Elizabeth Craig; married, June 29,
1880, to Harriet L. Gillette; grandnephew of Moses
Seymour; first cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour and McNeil
Seymour; second cousin once removed of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour; third cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, William
Chapman Williston and Augustus
Sherrill Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Daniel
Pitkin and Orlo
Erland Wadhams; third cousin thrice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of David
Lowrey Seymour and Thomas
Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Ela
Collins and Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
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Frederick Augustine Sterling (1876-1957) —
also known as Frederick A. Sterling —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Texas.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
13, 1876.
Cattle ranch manager; woollen
manufacturer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Ireland, 1927-34; Bulgaria, 1933-36; Sweden, 1938-41.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1957 (age 80 years, 251
days).
Interment at St. James Cemetery, Falls Church, Va.
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Michael Lynn Synar (1950-1996) —
also known as Mike Synar —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Vinita, Craig
County, Okla., October
17, 1950.
Democrat. Rancher; real estate
broker; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1979-95.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Washington,
D.C., January
9, 1996 (age 45 years, 84
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Jon Tester (b. 1956) —
Born in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., August
21, 1956.
Democrat. Farmer; school
teacher; member of Montana
state senate, 1999-2006; U.S.
Senator from Montana, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Montana, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918) —
also known as Benjamin R. Tillman; "Pitchfork
Ben"; "The One-Eyed Plowboy" —
of Trenton, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., August
11, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lost his
left eye in 1864; farmer; Governor of
South Carolina, 1890-94; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1895-1918; died in office 1918; in
Februry, 1902, he accused
fellow South Carolina senator John
McLaurin, of accepting a bribe (in the form of federal patronage)
to support a treaty; McLaurin called Tillman a liar, and the two came to
blows on the Senate floor; both were censured
by the Senate; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916;
member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1912-16.
English
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 3,
1918 (age 70 years, 326
days).
Interment at Ebenezer
Cemetery, Trenton, S.C.; statue at State
House Grounds, Columbia, S.C.
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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) —
also known as James W. Wadsworth, Jr. —
of Mt. Morris, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Groveland, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Born in Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., August
12, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer; member of New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,
41st District 1945-51); delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grange;
United
Spanish War Veterans; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Union
League; Skull
and Bones.
The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcohol
prohibition.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1952 (age 74 years, 314
days).
Interment at Temple
Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Wolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,
September
30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter of John
Milton Hay); father of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who married William
Stuart Symington); nephew of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth; grandson of James
Samuel Wadsworth; grandfather of James
Wadsworth Symington; great-grandson of Reverdy
Johnson; great-grandnephew of Thomas
Fielder Bowie; second great-grandson of John
Johnson; second great-grandnephew of Robert
William Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson of Erastus
Wolcott and Robert
William Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew of Oliver
Wolcott Sr., Benjamin
Mackall IV, Walter
Bowie and Thomas
Mackall; fourth great-grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed of Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, Frederick
Wolcott and Margaret
Taylor; second cousin once removed of Edward
Oliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of William
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, Matthew
Griswold and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Eli
Coe Birdsey, George
Harrison Hall and Alfred
Wolcott. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June
1919 |
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866-1924) —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1866.
Farmer; college
professor; magazine
editor; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24; died in office 1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
25, 1924 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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John Hill Wheeler (1806-1882) —
also known as John H. Wheeler —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born in Murfreesboro, Hertford
County, N.C., August
2, 1806.
Lawyer;
historian;
planter; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1828-31, 1852-53 (Hertford County
1828-31, Lincoln County 1852-53); superintendent of the U.S. Mint at
Charlotte, N.C., 1837-41; North
Carolina state treasurer, 1843-45; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1854-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
7, 1882 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Murray Wilson (1881-1967) —
also known as Thomas M. Wilson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 29,
1881.
Farmer; banker;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1919-20; Madras, 1921-22; Bombay, 1922-23; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Iraq, 1942.
Died in 1967
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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